Midsummer Murdered (3) - 22 June 2013

Hope Springs Eternal

This is really not what you want or expect of midsummer. The small hours of 22 June heralded by sound the inevitable sights of the morning. A solstice come and gone; a 'supermoon' obscured (although my Mum saw it); a scene perhaps better captured on video but, as I am no master of that, I faced the challenge of still photography in which you can not hear or see the effects of the wind.

I wanted to go further than I have in previous similar shots and called upon the resources of my new X20 and its ability to shoot partial colour which I can not currently do in pp. I am absolutely thrilled with this shot SOOC in which my exact intent has been fulfilled by a wonderful camera. In this image, an optimistically red car peers from behind a suburban garage to defy the unseasonal elements and anticipate a joyous excursion later.

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